Judging by the press coverage and social media, you’d think that the only war fought in the last two months was Operation Protective Edge. While the world was obsessed with Israel, there were major developments that may have slipped past you. This sickening Reuters report on the “execution” of “collaborators” in Gaza is typical of…
On friendship and geopolitics
March 25, 2014
The Russian annexation of the Crimea has put a huge strain on my friendship with the Russian colonel. It’s a shame because he’s a nice man. To my sorrow I’ve discovered that when it comes to friendship and geopolitics, the former depends on the latter. For many people, that is. Not for me. I didn’t…
Awed and humbled
February 24, 2014
We in the United States can easily lose perspective and forget that compared to most of the world, we have no problems. Watch as unarmed Ukrainian protestors are shot down by police and military snipers. But they don’t give up. It’s heartbreaking, ghastly footage. Unbelievable. Could you do that? I couldn’t. And they did it…
Optimizing the Website
October 24, 2013
Today I learned about optimizing the Website. The reason my Website is invisible to search engines is because certain things have to be done to make search engines happy. Why? “Because that’s the way it is.” As a child I got that answer from my father whenever I’d ask why we had to do something…